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Lopez threatened, choked and beat the victim Jan. 22 in a car in a parking lot in an unincorporated area near Palatine after she told him she wanted to end their relationship, according to published reports.

Cook County sheriff's police obtained an arrest warrant for Lopez, who had threatened to kill himself and shoot police officers who approached him, authorities said. They arrested him at his apartment on Jan. 25.

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